John P. Clapham

Clapham, John Peele, was born at Leeds, July 7th, 1801, and educated privately, and at the Fulneck Moravian School, and the Protestant Free Church Grammar School, Manchester. He was a magistrate for the West Hiding of Yorkshire, and Treasurer of the County Courts in Yorkshire. He was a member of the Congregational body, and took a warm interest in their religious and philanthropic work. Burley, Harrowgate and Ilkley were specially benefited by his zeal and munificence. His interest in Sunday Schools commenced at an early age, and continued to his death, on Nov. 19, 1875. In 1833 he edited the Leeds Sunday School Hymn Book, and also the revised edition, 1862. To this work he contributed the following hymns under the signature of " J. P. C.":—
i. To Hymns Set and Original, 1833.
1. God of union, God of love. S. S. Teachers Meeting.
2. Let us unite to bless the Lord. Sunday.
3. Our Father, and our heavenly King. The, Lord's Prayer.
4. Shall we grieve the Holy Spirit? The work of the Holy Spirit.
5. Strengthen Thy stakes, extend Thy cords. Foundation-stone of a School.
6. Sweet is the work, 0 Lord, to raise. New Year.
7. Thou gracious Father of the poor. The True Riches.
8. We dare not God's own holy day. Sunday.
9. When Jesus at a wondrous feast. Feeding the Five Thousand.
ii. To the same Collection, ed. 1858.
10. A little pilgrim on life's way. Looking unto Jesus. "The little pilgrim was no fiction, but a bonnie, loving, and lovable lad of nearly ten years old, our youngest son. He died at school, after a week's illness, and the refrain of his father's lines—‘ Jesus, my Saviour,' were the last words we could catch before he finished his pilgrimage." Curwen's Biog., Notes, p. 1.
11. Accept our glad thanksgiving, Lord. Praise.
12. Come away from the train. Sunday.
13. Far too often men are crying. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
14. Father in heaven, for Jesus' sake. Grace before Meat.
15. Heavenly Teacher, Light divine. Imitating Christ.
16. How good and how pleasant. Praise to God the Father.
17. Now in Christian love and union. Grace before Meat.
18. O make us truly wise. Early Piety desired.
19. Pure religion, Christian love. Praise to God the Father.
20. Tempt us not, ye sons of pleasure. Sunday.
21. We own Thy care, we love Thy word. Praise.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)